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Emmanuel Ogbah hopes he can help lift up hometown after Hurricane Harvey

'We have to do whatever we can to help the less fortunate and get them out of those situations'

It’s been painful for Browns defensive end Emmanuel Ogbah to watch how Hurricane Harvey has devastated his hometown of Houston.

“I’m seeing on the news places that I drove past like every day are under water,” Ogbah said Tuesday. “It’s definitely crazy. I’m definitely praying for those people down there, their families and the victims.”

Ogbah, whose family moved to Houston from Nigeria when he was 9 years old, said they’re doing well though the situation understandably weighs heavy on his mind as Cleveland prepares for Thursday’s preseason finale against the Bears.

Harvey, which made landfall Friday, has caused catastrophic damage across the region and set a record for total rainfall (48 inches) from a single tropical cyclone in the continental United States, according to the National Weather Service.